I thought Ignatius Reilly was a sympathetic character, he's really just a scared insecure man-child I think....
And yeah I second the bit about Infinite Jest, I got it for Christmas this year and am only halfway through it. But it's not that bad in bits and pieces. It was pretty overwhelming to take in in a short time...
I thought Ignatius Reilly was a sympathetic character, he's really just a scared insecure man-child I think....
Right. For which he deserves our derision, not sympathy. Maybe if Ignatius had a redeeming quality...but he remained unredeemed in my eyes.
And yeah I second the bit about Infinite Jest, I got it for Christmas this year and am only halfway through it. But it's not that bad in bits and pieces. It was pretty overwhelming to take in in a short time...
Your short term memory must be much better than mine. I read the whole thing in seven days, with a three day break in the middle. During that break, i managed to forget several key things like when the Year of the Depend Undergarment was in comparison to the Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad, how the various subplots tied together, and why i should give a crap about Quebecois insurgents.
In fact, i still don't know why i should give a crap about Quebec.
The Broom of the System goes much, much faster than IJ not the least because it doesn't have all of IJ's
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I wandered in here from Caro's journal (fallslikerain) and I had to post and say you're the bee's knees... Nabokov, Irving, Vonnegut, Grass, Heller, and Robbins. !@#$!%!#!!!! Sweetness, is all I have to say. (and this coming from an elitist literary snob; high praise indeed.)
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Unbearable Lightness of Being-- Kundera The Stranger-- Camus The Immoralist-- Gide We Have Always Lived in the Castle-- Jackson (Shirley) Naked & Me Talk Pretty One Day-- Sedaris any of Salinger's books (shhhh) The Wanting Seed-- Burgess
are my personal favorites.
Have you read all of Irving's books?
I'm reading Skinny Legs and All (Robbins) right now, love it. I'd previously only read Still Life with Woodpecker, but got hooked. I was gonna buy some more of his today, but I figured I should maybe use what little money I have to spare on things like gas and food. That, and I should really get around to attacking the gigantic pile of books I've bought that I haven't read. (working in a bookstore has its advantages, but I'll admit it's quite daunting coming home to about a hundred books that you haven't the time to read)
If you don't mind, I'd like to add you as a friend. I heart this list. I have two weeks off from work soon, and I plan on spending the entirety of it with my nose in books, so such reccommendations will come in handy.
After all, how could anyone who includes Nabakov, David Foster Wallace and Christopher Moore on the same list lead me astray?
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And yeah I second the bit about Infinite Jest, I got it for Christmas this year and am only halfway through it. But it's not that bad in bits and pieces. It was pretty overwhelming to take in in a short time...
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Right. For which he deserves our derision, not sympathy. Maybe if Ignatius had a redeeming quality...but he remained unredeemed in my eyes.
And yeah I second the bit about Infinite Jest, I got it for Christmas this year and am only halfway through it. But it's not that bad in bits and pieces. It was pretty overwhelming to take in in a short time...
Your short term memory must be much better than mine. I read the whole thing in seven days, with a three day break in the middle. During that break, i managed to forget several key things like when the Year of the Depend Undergarment was in comparison to the Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad, how the various subplots tied together, and why i should give a crap about Quebecois insurgents.
In fact, i still don't know why i should give a crap about Quebec.
The Broom of the System goes much, much faster than IJ not the least because it doesn't have all of IJ's ( ... )
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i love reading book recommendations. thanks. :)
-kali
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Right now I am reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame and I am really enjoying it.
Wide Sargasso Sea is an amazing prequel to my favorite book of all time, Jane Eyre.
The Phantom of the Opera is an truly interesting book. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Anything by Julia Alvarez if worth reading. In the Time of the Butterflies is awesome, as is How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.
That's all I can think of right now. Perhaps I will post more later.
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Carry on.
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floccinaucinihilipilification is one of your interests! Yay you!
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Unbearable Lightness of Being-- Kundera
The Stranger-- Camus
The Immoralist-- Gide
We Have Always Lived in the Castle-- Jackson (Shirley)
Naked & Me Talk Pretty One Day-- Sedaris
any of Salinger's books (shhhh)
The Wanting Seed-- Burgess
are my personal favorites.
Have you read all of Irving's books?
I'm reading Skinny Legs and All (Robbins) right now, love it. I'd previously only read Still Life with Woodpecker, but got hooked. I was gonna buy some more of his today, but I figured I should maybe use what little money I have to spare on things like gas and food. That, and I should really get around to attacking the gigantic pile of books I've bought that I haven't read. (working in a bookstore has its advantages, but I'll admit it's quite daunting coming home to about a hundred books that you haven't the time to read)
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After all, how could anyone who includes Nabakov, David Foster Wallace and Christopher Moore on the same list lead me astray?
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Where'd you find me from?
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